CONTENTS
About the Straight to the Heart Series 11
Introduction: God Wants to Be Seen Through
His People 13 EXODUS 1-18: GOD THE SAVIOUR
God's Prison Break (1:1-2:10) 19
Waiting is Not Wasting (2:11-25) 23
Seeing and Believing (3:1-4:28) 27
YHWH (3:13-15) 31
God is Not Like Pharaoh (5:1-7:7) 35
Hardened (7:3-5) 39
Ten-Nil (7:8-12:51) 43
The Next Best Thing to Winning (10:7-11, 24-26) 47
Lesson One: Passover (11:1-13:16) 51
Lesson Two: Handbrake (13:17-15:21) 56
Lesson Three: Wood (15:22-27) 60
Lesson Four: Food and Drink (16:1-17:7) 64
Lesson Five: Sabbath (16:21-30) 68
Lesson Six: Hands Up (17:8-16) 72
The Management Consultant from Midian (18:1-27) 76
EXODUS 19-40: GOD THE INDWELLER
God's Postcode (19:1-40:38) 83
The Ten Commandments (20:1-17) 87
The Law of Sinai (21:1-23:33) 91
How to Experience God (24:1-18) 95
The Tabernacle (25:1-31:18 & 35:1-39:43) 99
The Men Who Came Close (28:1-30:38) 103
God is Not a Statue (32:1-35) 107
Answer Back (32:11-14 & 33:12-17) 111
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise (33:18-34:14) 116
Moving Day (40:1-38) 120
LEVITICUS: GOD THE HOLY ONE
There Will Be Blood (1:1-7:38) 127
Burnt Up on Entry (8:1-10:20) 132
The Boundary Breaker (11:1-15:33 & 18:1-20:27) 136
Two Goats (16:1-17:16) 140
Yahweh M'Qaddesh (21:1-22:33) 144
Mementoes (23:1-44) 148
The Name (24:10-23) 152
Jubilee (25:1-55) 156
Plan A and Plan B (26:1-27:34) 160
NUMBERS: GOD THE FAITHFUL ONE
11 x 1,250 (1:1-10:36) 167
Cloud Chasers (9:15-23) 171
Food, Force and Fame (11:1-12:16) 175
Blind Unbelief (13:1-14:45) 180
Run into the Flames (14:11-38) 184
Authority (16:1-19:22) 188
Moses' Moment of Madness (20:1-13) 192
Snakebite (21:4-9) 196
Genocide (20:14-21:35) 200
Permissive (22:1-25:18) 204
Four Blessings (23:1-24:25) 208
The Next Generation (26:1-36:13) 212
Don't Cash Out Too Early (32:1-42) 216
DEUTERONOMY: GOD THE COVENANT KEEPER
Covenant Part One: The Preamble (1:1-5) 223
Covenant Part Two: The Past (1:6-4:43) 227
Covenant Part Three: The Provisions (4:44-26:19) 231
First Love Language: Trust (8:1-20) 235
Second Love Language: Obedience (10:12-22) 239
Third Love Language: Family Life (11:1-21) 243
Fourth Love Language: Generosity (14:22-15:11) 248
Fifth Love Language: Justice and Mercy (16:18-20) 252
Better than Moses (18:14-22) 257
Covenant Part Four: Promises and Penalties
(27:1-30:20) 261
Covenant Part Five: Posterity (31:1-34:12) 265
Conclusion: God Wants to Be Seen Through His People 269